Universalism as an ideal is as old as nay, is probably much more ancient than the Christian ideal.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult and left untried.
Idealism is no good. Any concrete dedication to an abstract condition results in unpleasant things like wars.
Too often people view idealists as naive.
Religion has been terribly tarnished in the course of time, its pristine purity has long since vanished under the regime of creed, and it is no longer Catholic, that is to say, Universal.
I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew.
An idealist is ahead of his time only in the sense that he is articulate. The same is true of a nation. For even primitive people, even effete races have a message for those above or below them. The heritage of the Ideal, however small can not be exhausted.
The theologians have recognized that the ideal is the imitation of God. If we be a part of such an organic thing, this thing is God to us, as I am God to the cells that compose me.
It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them.
When we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code, but a character.